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Old 12-03-2003 | 01:48 PM
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Found this via Ask Jeeves:

flaperon

SYLLABICATION: flap·er·on
PRONUNCIATION: flp-rn
NOUN: A control surface on an aircraft wing functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
ETYMOLOGY: flap + (ail)eron.

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This one is interesting, showing a full scale implementation but no mention of elevators... [link=http://www.tpub.com/air/9-7.htm]Flaperons[/link]